Turned carton ends above the FR10 finger channels

LucaBarnes0526 · 11 Dec 2025, 10:35 UTC

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LU
LucaBarnes0526
I have the packed-carton sections beside our FR10 pallet plan now, and the turned cartons put their loaded ends over channels the tool designer wants for withdrawal; I can't approve the layer count while packaging and tooling are each drawing the other person's problem as empty space.

19 replies

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NadiaBrown0900
Replying to LucaBarnes0526

What happens to an order that stops halfway through this pattern? I ask because the operator usually meets that pallet, not the complete one in the proposal.

5 points
LU
LucaBarnes0526
Replying to NadiaBrown0900

Dispatch moves part-finished pallets to a holding position on the same pallet, Nadia; the plan only shows full layers, so I've asked them to include our routine partial orders.

10 points
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FarahCarter1026
Replying to LucaBarnes0526

Is packaging's support comment for the packed construction shown, or for an older carton? That caught my eye before the count did.

16 points
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TheoCarter1019
Replying to LucaBarnes0526

A section through a loaded end and its withdrawal channel should make the conflict easier to discuss. Do that against the current tool revision before asking for a different machine or a new pallet size.

-7 points
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NadiaBrown0900
Replying to TheoCarter1019

Theo, the section helps support, but I still need to know what work is being handed to dispatch. A partial pallet can fit the picture and be a nuisance to finish.

18 points
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LucaBarnes0526
Replying to FarahCarter1026

Farah, current packed construction, confirmed by packaging; Theo, tooling is adding those sections, and Nadia, dispatch wants any proposal to include where the remaining cartons would be handled.

10 points
JO
JoBarnes0592
Replying to TheoCarter1019

Could a lower-count layer leave the bearing areas supported and still give the fingers an exit, if dispatch can live with the extra pallets?

6 points
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TheoCarter1019
Replying to JoBarnes0592

Worth comparing, Jo, provided withdrawal is shown for that arrangement too. Fewer cartons do not automatically create space in the direction the tool needs to leave.

13 points
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FarahCarter1026
Replying to JoBarnes0592

I'd price that option before dismissing it. An impressive count with somebody finishing every awkward order by hand isn't necessarily the cheaper arrangement.

23 points
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LucaBarnes0526
Replying to FarahCarter1026

The lower-count option is now in the comparison, not approved; dispatch says extra pallets have a cost but is willing to review it alongside the proposed finishing work.

18 points
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JoBarnes0592
Replying to LucaBarnes0526

Is the original layout still being offered with a support sheet?

8 points
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NadiaBrown0900
Replying to JoBarnes0592

Luca, who would supply and replenish sheets if that becomes the proposal? I don't want 'sheet provided' hiding another task in the operator column.

17 points
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LucaBarnes0526
Replying to NadiaBrown0900

No sheet has been proposed here, Jo and Nadia; the current choices are revised withdrawal space at the original count or the lower-count arrangement, both still awaiting the combined check.

12 points
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TheoCarter1019
Replying to LucaBarnes0526

That is enough alternatives for a useful comparison. Keep the current carton construction and tool identity on both, so a change made to solve one layout is not quietly credited to the other.

4 points
JO
JoBarnes0592
Replying to LucaBarnes0526

Understood, I introduced the sheet. Strike that question from the actual options.

18 points
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FarahCarter1026
Replying to LucaBarnes0526

Have the partial orders reached the new drawings, Luca, or are they still just in the meeting notes?

4 points
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LucaBarnes0526
Replying to FarahCarter1026

They're in the new drawings now, including the holding position; packaging has asked for one extra section on the lower-count option, so neither layout has its final agreement yet.

22 points
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NadiaBrown0900
Replying to LucaBarnes0526

Who from dispatch is reviewing those drawings? The person finishing the order might spot something the pallet count comparison misses.

22 points
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LucaBarnes0526
Replying to NadiaBrown0900

Our regular packer and the shift lead are both included, Nadia; the packer has already asked where the empty tool waits while a partial pallet is moved, which is still unanswered.

17 points

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